Monthly Archives: February 2018

Is the best number of partners to have equal to 0? Is there a difference between a partner and an investor? Is a partner someone who wants a say in the business or joint venture while an investor is simply looking for a ROI, return on investment? L to R: Robin Chahal, Prof Bruce, Armin […]

I asked the founder (Linda Gary) of Gary Interiors https://www.garyinteriors.ca/ why she is so successful in terms of her sales over a long period of time. Here’s what she answered, and it’s quite profound: “You’ve got to care about people before you care about the sale.” I’ve said it differently in the past, “People like to buy from people […]

Looking for a pot of gold? Look no further than your basement where a leprechaun has left you a treasure… [CASE STUDY: renovation, investment, cap rate, basement excavation, subterranean rights, rental rate, marketing] Think you have to visit London England to see basement excavations that add living space to a house below grade, https://profbruce.tumblr.com/post/166749246449/central-london? Think that these […]

A FREE WEBINAR WITH THE NHL’S OTTAWA SENATORS FOUNDER, BRUCE M FIRESTONE, PHD, AND DAVID DUBEAU, RESULTS ENTERPRISES FOUNDER Bruce “making impossible possible” Firestone David “magnetic investor attraction” Dubeau Here’s the unvarnished, real time video of the entire webinar. Enjoy it!   When: March 28th 2018 Time: 3 pm ET, noon PT until 4:30 pm ET, 1:30 pm PT How to join in: IT’S […]

I was in Perth Ontario this week visiting my friends at Zander Plan. I quite liked their offices in a renovated old industrial building, not surprisingly called simply the “Factory.” It shows what can be done in terms of re-purposing an existing building, animating it and creating a boost for a local economy (in what is, […]

CMHC reported late last year (November 2017) that rental vacancies in the GTA (greater Toronto area) plunged to their lowest level in 16 years (1.1%). Here is their breakdown by number of bedrooms: Bachelor: 1.2 per cent (down from 1.4 per cent); $1,011 per month (up from $957). One bedroom: 1.2 per cent (down from […]

Prof Bruce’s Garage Office with New Outdoor Meeting Area Here’s my garage office with a “new” outdoor meeting area–using recycled (metal) patio furniture. Not the most comfortable seats ever, but really really cheap, ie, free. Note the help I’m getting from my dad (lower right) holding the person-door to the garage office open. Thanks Jack (long may […]

In the Netflix series, Damnation, a carnival comes to town. I couldn’t help but think, after seeing this brief shot, that it was a precursor of today’s tiny house movement, circa the 1930s… Of course, gypsy wagons pre-dated this by a wide margin: Compare these to today’s tiny houses (samples shown here are from Colorado-based Sprout): […]

For the sheer joy of it… I wasn’t sure if I should post this here; it is on my tumblr blog (https://profbruce.tumblr.com/archive), which allows me a bit more flexibility in terms of what is appropriate to post (or not). However, after consulting with my chief marketing officer, he gave me the green light as long […]

Most user manuals or FAQs I’ve read or used are written by experts but they’re so expert they tend to leave out “obvious” steps. Obvious to them; unfortunately, not to you, a non-expert. So, here’s how to solve the problem. The expert does a zoom meeting with a complete novice but with the video turned off. S/he has […]

No problemo… add a raised floor with pull-out shelves underneath: Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqLSwOzdkNY Prof Bruce Bruce M Firestone, B Eng (civil), M Eng-Sci, PhD ROYAL LePAGE Performance Realty broker Ottawa Senators founder Real Estate Investment and Business coach 1-613-762-8884 bruce.firestone@century21.ca twitter.com/ProfBruce profbruce.tumblr.com/archive brucemfirestone.com MAKING IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE Tags: space saving furniture

I’m reading my friend Majeed Mogharreban’s newest book, The Small Business Trap. I’m a little more than halfway through it, but liking it so much I gave him this testimonial: “I’m halfway through the Small Business Trap and enjoying it a lot. It’s like a potboiler; it holds my interest and makes (forces!) me to keep reading to […]